Worlds of E-Commerce: Economic, Geographical and Social Dimensions - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 0471494550 ISBN 13: 9780471494553

Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2001

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WORLDS OF E–COMMERCE ECONOMIC, GEOGRAPHICAL AND SOCIAL DIMENSIONS THOMAS R. LEINBACH AND STANLEY D. BRUNN, BOTH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, USA WORLDS OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ATTEMPTS TO CAPTURE THE ENORMOUS INTERNATIONAL IMPACT OF THE RECENT EXPLOSION IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES. IT STANDS ALONE AS THE FIRST BOOK TO TACKLE THE MAJOR ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL ISSUES THAT ELECTRONIC COMMERCE RAISES FROM INTERDISCIPLINARY AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES. INCLUDING CONTRIBUTIONS FROM LEADING INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS FROM GEOGRAPHY, ECONOMICS, AND PUBLIC POLICY, IT ADDRESSES THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL ISSUES AND PRESENTS CASE STUDIES ON HOW RETAILING, JOB SEARCHES, BANKING AND FINANCE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, AND GOVERNMENT REGULATION ARE CHANGING WITH THE INTRODUCTION AND DIFFUSION OF THE INTERNET AND VARIOUS ELECTRONIC SERVICES. REFERENCES TO RAPID DEVELOPMENTS IN THESE FIELDS ARE DRAWN FROM THE UNITED STATES, UNITED KINGDOM, NETHERLANDS, JAPAN, SINGAPORE, AUSTRALIA, RUSSIA, AND THE DEVELOPING WORLD. THE IMPLICATIONS OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS ON CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR, EXISTING AND NEW FIRMS, REGULATORY AGENCIES, AND INTERSTATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARE ALSO DISCUSSED. IN SUMMARY, THE BOOK PRESENTS AN EXCELLENT BACKGROUND FOR THOSE WANTING SCHOLARLY TREATMENTS OF (A) THE BACKGROUND OF E–COMMERCE, (B) THE GROWING IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, AND (C) CASE STUDIES RELATED TO SPECIFIC SERVICES MAKING USE OF E–COMMERCE. READERSHIP: ACADEMICS AND STUDENTS IN INFORMATION ECONOMIES, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES, ECONOMICS, MARKETING, RETAILING, ADVERTISING, COMMUNICATIONS, TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION, GEOGRAPHY DEALING WITH ELECTRONIC COMMERCE

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Electronic Commerce is a rapidly expanding field where technology and information are enhancing business practices. New and multiple uses of E-Commerce are appearing regularly and the cultural, social and political ramifications of these developments remain unknown.
This is the first book to be devoted entirely the important and wide-ranging social science dimensions of E-Commerce. It tackles a variety of major economic, geographical, social and political issues from interdisciplinary and international perspectives. In this volume leading international scholars from geography, economics, and public policy address theoretical and conceptual issues, and present case studies on how retailing, job searches, banking and finance, telecommunications, and government regulations are changing with the introduction and diffusion of the Internet and other electronic services.
Worlds of E-Commerce addresses major issues and presents evidence and implications through case studies of the growth of ICT (information and communication technologies). Examples are drawn from the United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Japan, Singapore, Australia, Russia and the developing world.
This book will appeal to readers from business and the social sciences as well as those enrolled in or teaching courses on information economies, information and communications technologies, economics, marketing, retailing, advertising, communications, technology diffusion, economic and social geography, as well as, cyber-law, banking, electronic auctions and e-tailing, international development and electronic commerce, high tech innovations, and intellectual property.

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• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0471494550
• ISBN 13: 9780471494553
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 372
• Herausgeber: Leinbach Thomas R., Brunn Stanley D.